Surgery on my neck really sicares me...so much can go wrong. At least where I stand now I can still scuba dive, my passion in life
Oh i can empathise with you there cbdives....be sure though that you know the situation for you without surgery..Your consultant will have no doubt advised?
Very disorientating - when they finally woke me, it seemed that I'd only been riding my bike a couple of minutes ago, didn't know what the hell was going on, so immediately tried to get up & go home . . . getting out of bed, paralysed below the waist, not the brightest thing I've ever done . . .
When I get drunk, sometimes I forget I am paralyzed if I'm not sitting in my wheelchair. So, I'll stand up just to greet the floor with my face and remember, "F*** I'm paraplegic!"
I only fell the once..i was transferring from my crutches to my chair at rehab and i missed the chair completely but i had been to the bar with friends
I only fell the once..i was transferring from my crutches to my chair at rehab and i missed the chair completely but i had been to the bar with friends
When I first went back to work, I went out with the girls to a pub quiz night - one was impressed with the amount of beer I could drink and still walk on my crutches without falling over. Who said a misspent youth is wasted ?
I only fell the once..i was transferring from my crutches to my chair at rehab and i missed the chair completely but i had been to the bar with friends
When I first went back to work, I went out with the girls to a pub quiz night - one was impressed with the amount of beer I could drink and still walk on my crutches without falling over. Who said a misspent youth is wasted ?
Hahaha very impressive indeed hobbit...im clearly a lightweight..i probably only had two drinks lol so bad
I only fell with my crutches once...I was reaching down to pick up a cigarette I dropped and pivoted on my crutched planting my face into the concrete drive. Wife's only comment was "See I told you those cigarettes are going to kill you!"
I only fell with my crutches once...I was reaching down to pick up a cigarette I dropped and pivoted on my crutched planting my face into the concrete drive. Wife's only comment was "See I told you those cigarettes are going to kill you!"
Oh dear cbdives.....although i like your wife's humour lol
I fall quite often. Well, I wouldn't exactly classify most of my "falls" as actual falls. Most of the time, it's just my slowly deciding to sit on the floor because my legs give out mid-transfer. That's why I've learned to change the way I do transfers, especially now with my vertebrae grinding on each other. My physical therapist told me to stop walking until after the surgery, since the pressure from being upright and swinging my hips to walk will cause more damage to the vertebrae and my nerve roots.
I fall fairly often too, usually because I trip over something my feet don't know is there. My experience was a lot like Lαrα in the beginning. The neurosurgeon and hospital staff kept saying I'd be up and around in no time, and I kept thinking, "That'll be great...just as soon as I can feel my legs!" It was so strange to stand up and "walk" and not be able to feel them. I only spent one week in the hospital and had a couple of home health physical therapy visits, then I was on my own. Maybe since I didn't have anyone telling me what I needed to do or what I shouldn't or couldn't do was a good thing because I ditched my walker for a cane within a couple of months. I set the cane aside a few months later and only use it on occasion. I still have trouble walking on uneven terrain, and I get tired and have a lot of pain if I walk too far. I get incredibly frustrated that I am not able to increase my strength and endurance, but I am thankful I can walk as well as I can, even if I look like a drunk penguin. I worry way too much about what other people think about the way I walk or the fact that I have to sit and rest frequently. Screw 'em!
Haha well said cesamyseed! You're doing great considering the severity of your injury so as long as you're doing the best you can, that is all that matters!
Thankyou for sharing your experience Knight....you have done amazingly well considering...I think sometimes we forget a little how traumatic our early SCI days were. You should be very proud of what you have achieved and how independent you are...
I too couldnt stop vomiting..i hated it and i couldnt bear the smell of food, it repulsed me, that and the smell of nurses lol They were giving me injections into the back of my hand to try and control the sickness because i was losing too much weight....
oh the joys
I lost weight too Lara, close to 35 pounds since my surgery in 2012. What a tough way to lose those extra pounds that I should have lost long before that! I am so grateful now though because as exhausted and fatigued as I feel now getting through my day, I can only imagine what I'd feel like with that extra weight.